Why do we choose to forget?
By Tinky Ningombam
Our mind works in wondrous ways. Without the mind’s ability to store our past memories, we will not be the personalities we...
Anyone care for a selfie ?
By Tinky Ningombam
The Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year for 2013 is “selfie.” In what seems to be perhaps the most inevitable choice, “Selfies”...
Time to market those secret recipes
By Tinky Ningombam
Winters remind me of good food back home. As the lazy mornings quietly crawl in, we lay out our mats to sun...
How safe is your password?
By Tinky Ningombam
With Smartphones, ATM machines and Internet usage occupying most our day-to-day lives, we have come to realize how difficult life is becoming...
Exclusive Interview with the Author of “Megastar Kasab”
Megastar Kasab's author Salil Jose explains the ironies in Indo-Pakistan relations in an exclusive interview to Wahengbam Rorrkychand.
Though it is a short novel, journalist Salil Jose’s book ‘Megastar Kasab – Hits...
A self-fulfilling prophecy
By Tinky Ningombam
I bet you have friends who are self claimed oracles; People who repeat “I told you so” after every bad incident that...
The games we play
By Tinky Ningombam
About 20 years back, we used to boast about how many marbles we collected or how many dresses our dolls had or...
Finding our role models
By Tinky Ningombam
As children we have lived fantastical lives. We have had imaginary friends, had conversations with imaginary characters and acted like rock-stars, superheroes...
NOTA option: the thing to look forward to
By Tinky Ningombam
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam made a historic announcement on Friday. Under the order, the...
Prone to hyperbole
By Tinky Ningombam
I recently got duped by a friend (who meant well, I think) and sent me to attend an event which was supposed...
Oh captain, my captain
By Tinky Ningombam
A lot of my friends celebrated their first Teacher’s Day with pride and an air of satisfied glee on finally being on...
Strange people, strange world
By: Tinky Ningombam
No-one wants to be a stranger and be called one. You are as strange as the next person. Everyone in this world...
Pitch right with your CV
By: Tinky Ningombam
For a fresh graduate out in the job market, making a good CV is an inevitable necessity. Jobs, scholarship applications, grants call...
A world without lies
By Tinky Ningombam
Lie (verb): to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive
We have often been preached by older folks: parents, family, teachers and...